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Arkansas woman facing charges after tip to Grant deputy

Here are mugshots received from Central Louisiana law enforcement agencies for the week of Nov. 13, 2017. A criminal charge is a formal accusation that someone has committed a crime. All those pictured are innocent until proven guilty. To view those held in Rapides Parish detention facilities, go to www.rpso.org/inmates/all.

A tip to a Grant Parish Sheriff's deputy led to the arrest of an Arkansas woman driving with alcohol, drugs and an unrestrained child inside the car, according to a release.

Cpl. Blake Arrant was fueling up his patrol car recently when a store employee approached him about a woman who was "acting very suspicious" inside, reads a release.

The woman, later identified as 41-year-old Althea Nicole Dukes of Lake Village, Arkansas, exited the store right after the tip, so Arrant followed her vehicle as she left the parking lot.

When he saw that Dukes was driving erratically, he pulled her over.

Dukes had trouble speaking clearly and began to fall asleep while Arrant talked to her, reads the release. He found an open bottle of vodka on the car's console, as well as "a number of drugs," it reads.

In the back seat was a young child who was not restrained.

Dukes was arrested and charged with possession of Klonopin, possession of Xanax, possession of hydrocodone, no child restraint, improper lane usage, failure to use turn signals and possession of an open alcoholic beverage container.